London stocks continued their recent outperformance on Thursday, leading the pack higher in generally upbeat European trading, as the U.K. equity benchmark pushed further into record-high territory. London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.
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New figures released by the DWP revealed more than 180,000 benefit claimants had their payments stopped
Britain's biggest banks are bracing themselves for talks with the Post Office over a new deal to allow millions of their customers to withdraw cash at its branches. Sky News has learnt that a group of lenders including Barclays and HSBC are in the process of forming a shared interest group to represent the industry in talks with the government-owned company during the coming months. Roughly 30 banks and building societies participate in the existing deal, paying in aggregate approximately £200m annually to facilitate customer access to the Post Office's 11,500 branches.
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On Thursday I become a homeowner. It is a dream that I have achieved precociously, thanks to the generous support of my parents.
Sunday Times rich list shows couple’s fortune soared while millions of Britons struggled with cost of living
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Mortgages are falling amid hopes central interest rates could be cut as early as the start of summer. Barclays has announced it is lowering fixed-rate mortgage deals by up to 0.45 percentage points from Friday, while HSBC and TSB have also announced smaller rate reductions.
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The DWP is set to be granted new powers in a bid to reduce the levels of fraud, debt and error in the benefits system
Representatives of Thames Water’s multinational syndicate of shareholders are poised to quit as directors of its corporate entities after refusing to inject the billions of pounds of funding required to bail it out.
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